First aid obligation
Article 4 of the Act of 8 September 2006 on the State Emergency Medical Services (consolidated text, Journal of Laws 2017, item 2195, as amended) indicates:
Whoever notices a person or persons in a state of sudden health emergency or witnesses an event causing such a state, is obliged to immediately take actions aimed at effective notification of this event to entities established by law to help people in a state of sudden health threat .
Legal consequences for failure to provide first aid
The Criminal Code provides for Art. 162 of the Penal Code:
§ 1. Whoever does not provide assistance to a person who is in a position of imminent danger of loss of life or serious damage to health, being able to provide it without exposing themselves or another person to the risk of loss of life or serious damage to health, shall be subject to the penalty of deprivation of liberty for up to 3 years.
§ 2. The person who does not provide assistance, for which it is necessary to undergo a medical treatment or when there are conditions where immediate assistance is possible on the part of an institution or a person appointed for it, does not commit a crime.
